Christmas Part 2 - Christmas in Dallas

We spent Christmas Day in Dallas with Bill's family as usual. Isaac decided that he wasn't going to sleep this holiday season like he normally did. All through the Colorado and Dallas trips, Isaac woke up multiple times each night...which he hasn't done in MONTHS! So, it was a little frustrating. On Christmas morning, Isaac was napping for a lot of the present opening...but he managed to open a few things. Bill actually stole the show on Christmas morning...but more about that later...

You can't read it, but his pajamas say "Santa's Helper"....

Isaac playing with the singing dog that Santa left he and cousing Edie to play with...

Here is our little Santa...This is the same outfit that Isaac's cousin Edie wore last year...

Ok...so here is the story on Bill.

All of the guys got package openers (aka: razor blades) in their stocking as a "cool tool." The smarties decided that they would open up one the old fashioned way, and then use it to help open the others "more easily." Well, Bill was using one of the openers to open one of the other openers....and managed to slice three of his fingers pretty badly. There was blood all over the floor and the whole nine yards. Although the cuts were pretty bad, we decided against stitches, and Bill's brother-in-law, Ben, got the first aid kit and bandaged him up.

Here is the patient now...

And the irony of the whole thing was that Bill and his dad were supposed to play golf the next day...and David was so excited to give Bill this present...can you guess what it is?
Unfortunately, they didn't get to play due to the injury...

Another fun thing was that cousin Edie decided that Isaac wasn't able to bathe by himself. The first time we thought it was just a fluke, and went along with it. But, from then on, if Isaac was in the tub, Edie wanted in too. As soon as the rubber duckies hit the water, Edie was ready to jump in, clothes, shoes, and all!

Here they are bathing together...

All in all, a great holiday!

Luckily, as soon as we arrived back in Austin (yesterday) Isaac resumed his normal sleeping habits...much to our delight! :)

Christmas Part 1 - Christmas in Colorado

Jessica's family has a tradition of doing their Christmas the weekend before Christmas in order to spend the actual Christmas day with our immediate families, or our significant others. Jessica's mom and step-dad live in Colorado, which meant it was time for Isaac's first plane ride!! SO, we drove to Dallas, dropped our dogs off at Bill's parent's house, and boarded a plane bright and early Saturday morning. Isaac did FABULOUS! He slept the first half of the first flight, and after we changed planes in Denver, he slept the whole second flight. He did the same on the way back for the most part...and only fussed a little on our final descent back into Dallas.

While in Colorado, Isaac got to play with SNOW for the first time...and make a snow angel (with Daddy's help) Here are a few pics...

Waiting for the plane to take off...Isaac is already out!
The view from Grandma and Grandpa's back poarch...

"Playing" in the snow...

Here's a video...

Here is a video fo Isaac "making" his snow angel...

The finished product!

Family Photo

Sporting the matching socks my mom made all of us...

Another family shot...

Isaac sporting the sweater and hat both knitted by Grandma

Isaac and Daddy watching the planes at the airport on our way home...or back to Dallas

Santa's Coming! I KNOW him!!

This past weekend we took the little guy to meet the big guy! We ended up going to a "Breakfast with Santa" that was at our local Chic-fil-a. It was perfect! There was NO LINE, and they printed your photo right there on the spot...for FREE! They also gave the first 100 customers free stuffed cows! Santa and Isaac got along great. Isaac just looked at him and smiled, and then played with/pulled on his beard. I think this particular Santa was a grandpa himself because he was SUPER great with the kiddos. And yes, the beard is all real! We'll see how he does next year...but so far, so good. Here is the photo of Isaac and Santa.


This holiday season is going to be a very busy one! Friday (after school and the daycare Christmas party) we are heading to Dallas and dropping off our doggies with Bill's parents who are going to dog-sit for us. Bright and early Saturday morning we are flying to Durango, Colorado to see my mom and siblings. I am actually pretty excited to fly with Isaac (weird, right?) and show him snow! Then Christmas eve we fly back to Dallas and spend Christmas with Bill's family. We'll finally trekking back to Austin around the 30th we think. At least I'll have about a week to rest up before hitting school again full throttle. Whew...I am already exhausted!! :)
Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Christmas Card Photo Shoot - Part 2

Christmas Card Photo Shoot-Part 1

Today we took Christmas card pictures at Zilker Park...our friend Daphne was the photographer...she did an amazing job!! These are just some of the pics...take a look at the link to the right to see the rest...

Lots of Firsts...

Since we've last updated the blog, Isaac has gone through a lot of firsts in his life.

First, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Isaac made his debute visit to the emergency room in the middle of the night. Don't worry...it wasn't anything too serious...just a case of the croup. We arrived at the ER at 1am (after talking to a nurse on the phone off and on for two hours). At 4:30 we saw the doctor, and we were on our way home by 5am. Fun stuff! Isaac was a little off schedule the next couple of days, but is totally fine.

Here is our little champ in his hospital gown waiting for the doctor...

Next, Isaac got his first teeth! He has cut the bottom two front teeth and is busy working on cutting some more. :) We attempted to get a pic, but he wasn't cooperating...go figure!

Finally, Isaac celebrated his first Thanksgiving! He ate turkey and sweet potatoes with the rest of us...in puree form, course! We were in Dallas on Thanksgiving day with Bill's family, and then traveled to Conroe to spend the weekend after Thanksgiving with Jessica's siblings.

Here is our chunky monkey after stuffing his face :)

Isaac and his Aunt Sarah

Isaac also helped pick out his very first Christmas tree...which means he just grabbed for whichever one we happened to be holding out towards him at the time. :)

Here are Isaac and daddy discussing tree options...

Game Day!!

This weekend Bill and I finally made our way back to DKR Memorial Stadium to watch a UT football game versus Baylor. Neither of us had been to a game since college, so needless to say, we were VERY excited! It was a be-lated birthday present to me...and it was perfect! Although our seats were basically as high up as you could get, it was still TONS of fun. Isaac stayed home (even babies have to have a ticket to get into a UT game) and our friends Gordon and Doris and Gracie watched him for us. Thankfully, after a rocky first half, the Horns pulled off a dominating win!

Not only did we get to go to the game, but one of Jessica's best friends came into town from Connecticut for the game also! We didn't get to sit together for the game, but we met up for some good 'ol Rudy's BBQ afterwards. Such a fun weekend!!! Here are some pics to commemorate the event!

Bill and I at the game!!

Our friends Michael and Elizabeth went to the game with us...

The Longhorn Band at halftime...


The Eyes of Texas are UPON YOU!!!!
The boys had to look over the edge at the top....since we were already practically there...

Mommy and her little Longhorn (he joined us for dinner)

Monica and Isaac - meeting for the first time...

Me and Daph...thanks for sharing the pics!

The Ramsours and Monica

Me and my besties...and Isaac...such a ladies' man :)